In the film Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart tells Ingrid Bergman, “We'll always have Paris.” Today is Bastille Day, when President Emmanuel Macron meets with President Donald Trump in the capital. Will they part to say the same?
In a rally broadside earlier this year, Trump discussed terrorism and immigration in Europe, singling out Paris as a terrorist target by quoting a friend “Jim,” who Trump explained now refuses to visit the city because “Paris is no longer Paris.”
Terrorism and climate change will be top of Macron’s agenda. He will be hoping to change Trump’s view on climate change after Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Change agreement. However, the main area of discussion will no doubt be creating alignment on Islam and terrorism.
